If there’s two dudes you want to get an education in life from, it’s Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin. During today’s ManUp Conference, the two shared the stage for the first time in the conference’s history. Dungy appeared virtually but still carved out time to speak alongside Tomlin, who attended the event in-person. Much of the discussion centered around the program’s purpose, combatting fatherlessness in Western PA, but the conversation also took Tomlin to his roots as a NFL coach. And Dungy’s impact on him.
In 2001, a 28-year old Tomlin was hired by Dungy as Tampa Bay’s defensive backs coach.